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Inspiration. Dedication. Passion.

Representing a diverse range of skills and talents, and passionately committed to our mission and values, our Board Members include the trusted elders of spirit education in Australia.

Alongside these highly experienced, internationally trained, and professionally respected current leaders are the emerging leaders; advanced spiritual students who are all degree qualified and recognised leaders in other professional areas such as education, psychotherapy and holistic health.

Welcome to the Spirit Australia team!

Director, Board Member

Melissa Abraham

Trained as a classical musician and teacher, Melissa jumped into life and usually bounces back without too many scars. She has been, seen, loved and lived several lifetimes in this one, and continues to do so. Sometimes joyful and yet sometimes sobering, it's all a wonderful big adventure. Keep smiling. Bring it on!

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Director, Board Member

Ganga Ashworth

Skilled in many modalities, Ganga has the voice of an angel and brings healing gifts of vibrational love to all who are in need. She is detailed, quirky, mainstream, creative and she beautifully balances professional responsibility with personal passion. As long as there's purple to be worn, there's a song to sing!

Founding Board Member

Larissa Buerger

A native of Brazil, Larissa is a lifelong adventurer in many worlds. She has a remarkable and naturally gifted talent for creating art, and conversation. Her deeply felt youth in the Spiritist tradition is now combined with the freedoms of adult exploration, making Larissa a fierce and fearless friend of all things fabulous!

Founding Board Member

Beverly Bryant

A wonderful role model of life-long learning, Bev has journeyed far beyond simply embracing her strong natural spiritual healing, teaching and mediumship abilities. With a PhD in the wings and a wealth of training & experiences, you'll not learn about Bev in one go; just ask a question and prepare to be surprised!

Director, Board Member

Kate Burrett

Rising from the baptism of Catholic ashes into the rigour of academic heirachy, Kate has emerged as an insicive intellectual poet and a true, gifted, loved centred beacon of hope for young people and their communities of carers. She sees the beauty within. We call her the Queen of Hearts. She's earned it!

Founding Board Member

Isabel Duncan

With strong ancestral intuition and a Scot's canny attention to detail, Isabel has anchored people safely when they need it the most. Disaster welfare is the heart of her work in fires, floods, family trauma & child protection. the powerful love of a Celtic Grandmother's hard earned professional skills is not to be underestimated!

Founding Board Member

Sue Jaensch

A lifelong learner, Sue knows spiritual development always goes hand in hand with self development. Her deeply felt natural healing and spiritual wisdom is matched by a good deal of hard work. If you find yourself in the place where passion meets purpose, you'll also find that Sue is already there waiting to welcome you!

Founding Board Member

Lorraine Lee Tet

With the unmistakable quiet clarity of lived experience, Lorraine brings a lifetime of integrity & service to spirit into powerful focus. Gently balancing three worlds, her role as VSU President only enhances her understanding of how love, and courage, can strengthen work & family ties. She does it all. You go, girl!

Founding Board Member

Dianne Parker

One of the the most highly experienced and qualified evidential psychic mediums and spiritual teachers in Australia, Dianne has also been a ballet student, an expert mogul snow skier, a computer programmer and a certified accountant for the International Spiritualist Foundation. Who knew?!

Founding Board Member

Imelda Penny

An entertaining, energetic and much loved evidential psychic medium, our Imelda continues to be known as one of the most accurate & highly respected readers working today. Her cheeky dry wit is legendary. Her no nonsense approach was born of her Irish roots and forged in the Aussie sun. Enough said!

Founding Board Member

Andrew Thorpe

Sometimes it's shocking how what we seek has been there all along. Moderation has long been the key for Andrew, in preferring a mild climate, or the joys of nature, or even the deep satisfaction of a job well done. The journey may seem simple, but Andrew also sees the magnificent complexity of spirit in all things. Surprise!

Founding Board Member

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Spirit Australia members understand the reality that we are permanently spirit, living temporarily in a physical body.

Want to Get Involved?

We are looking for people who understand the wonderful joy, and the profound importance, of what Spirit Australia can achieve through education & connection.

Be a Volunteer!

There's soooo much going on right now as we launch Spirit Australia, and we need all the help we can get. Give as much or as little time as you like. Your opinions, your talents, your wise counsel, your love of Facebook (?!) and yes, whatever you're offering is fine by us.

Don't worry if you don't have any specific skills. We really just need your willingness to be available, your life experiences, and your enthusiasm...

Thank you. Please get in touch. We look forward to hearing from you.

We are very excited about Spirit Australia and the difference we can make in helping connect people, communities, and even the whole planet!